GOP Staff: Congress 'Threw Staff Under The Bus' (eliminating their health insurance subsidies)
Some congressional Republican staff members aren't happy about the vote their bosses will take this evening to eliminate their health insurance subsidies.
"I understand it politically, and as a talking point," one Republican staffer told Mother Jones. "But Congress literally threw staff under the bus on this…You're hurting staff assistants who are sorting your mail."
The House's latest spending bill would delay Obamacare's individual mandate for one year and eliminate subsidies for Congress members and their staff. A vote is expected sometime around 8 p.m. ET.
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/gop-staff-congress-literally-threw-staff-under-the-bus
GOP Staffer on Vitter Amendment: "Congress Literally Threw Staff Under The Bus
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/09/obamacare-employer-contribution-exemption-vitter-amendment%20?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+motherjones%2Fmain+%28MotherJones.com+Main+Article+Feed%29
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A recent survey found that 63 percent of Hill staffers want to leave their jobs because of the low pay and long hours. And that's before losing health insurance benefits.
The GOP, in its all-out-effort to undermine Obamacare, could end up harming its own people. "I'm a perfectly healthy guy," the staffer says, "but there are people (in my office) who use (insurance) and need it and depend on it."
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I hope that's on youtube. 
who worked for Republican members of Congress. By and large, they acted like a much of entitled, spoiled brats. They hated "welfare" unless it benefitted them. Now they're whining about subsidies!! The nerve of them!! They want to see to it that other Americans don't have access to these subsidies but they do?? Damn them to hell for their hypocrisy!!!
Did any of it take?
semester was for one of the years? Yes, you guessed it! I divided the class into 5 groups. 3 groups covered the 3 different House versions of a health care bill, each one offering some sort of public option and/or single payer. The 2 other groups covering the two Senate versions of the health care proposals, one the Harkin proposal, the other the Baucus proposal.
My goal was not only for them to get away from Faux News talking points but also so that I could learn.
Other years were different. One year on the Stimulus bills. It all depends on what was going on in Congress at any given time.
Teaching was fun but very frustrating. I stopped because I lost enthusiasm for it. I had to hide my political leanings and remain neutral most of the time, which actually was easier than I thought. But the systematic dumbing down of our children is very real. 
